clouds + spires

front garden room for sculptor and her family—offering eye candy, books, + seeds to passersby.

new copper + redwood fence striates light + shadow embracing a softened front entry with a lending library at the sidewalk. successional bloom subsumes the fence in an arc around a micro mow-free native lawn. and, at its nucleus, a new day-bed bench is nestled under the covered porch.

planting “yes ands” the painterly palette of the horticultural collection next door with a blend of billowy clouds and reaching spires, bringing year-round movement and pollinator feasts. leveraging stalwart evergreen favorites for structure and trialing out some new (to me) ca natives to achieve drought-tolerant cottage-garden drama fit for artistic sensibilities and (literal) pedestrian smiles alike.